Popcorn-cake machine.



W. T. MOSS.

POPCORN CAKE MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 111111.1a,1912. RENEWED FEB. 19, 1914.

Patented Sept. 8, 1914.

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W. T. MOSS.

POPCORN CAKE MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.1B,1912. RENEWED FEB.19,1914.

Patented Sept. 8, 1914.

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WILLIAM T. MOSS, OF SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA.

POPCORN-4'3AKE MACHINE.

Specificatibn of Letters Patent.

1 Patented Sept. 8, 1914.

Application filed March s, 1512, seriai a... 684,577. Renewed February 19, 1914. Serial No. 819,837.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM T.' Moss,

a citizen of the United States, residing at San Jose, in the county of Santa Clara and State of California, have invented a new and useful Popcorn-Cake Machine, of which the following is a specification.

The device forming the subject-.matter of the present invention is adapted to be employed for the purpose of fashioning popcorn cakes, and the invention aims to provide a novel means for compacting the material into the pockets of alrotary carrier, and to provide means forlubricating the carrier to prevent an adhering of the material in the pockets of the carrier.

Another object of the invention is to provide in a device of this type, a roller, journaled above the carrier, and to provide means for lubricating the roller, to prevent the material within the carrier from adherin to the roller. 1

A urther object of the/invention is to provide novel meanswforwadjusting the. roller and the moistening orb lubricating means, with respect to each other, and with respect to the carrier.

A further object of the invention is to improve generally, and to strengthen, de vices of that type to which the present invention appertains.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which Will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed Without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings,-Figure 1 shows the invention in perspective; Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the line AB of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line CD of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a fragmental vertical section showing certain of the supporting elements whereby the roller and the roller-moistening means are upheld; and Fig. 5 is a fragmental top plan of the platform.

In carrying out the invention there is provided a platform 1, which, if desired, may be supported upon legs 2, the platform 1 being covered upon its upper surface with a sheet of metal 3. Fixed to and upstanding from the platform 1 is a shaft 4 upon which is journal'ed for rotation a circular carrier 5. Anti-friction rollers 6 are ournaled in the platform 1 and uphold the carrier 5 adjacent its periphery. The carrier 5 is equipped at its periphery, with a gear 7, meshin into a beveled pinion 8 secured to a sha t 9 journaled for rotation in a bearing 10 supported by the platform 1.

Upon the shaft 9 there is a pulley 11, Whereby the carrier 5 may be rotated by a prime mover. The shaft 9 terminates in a crank 12 whereby the shaft may be rotated manually. Y I

In the carrier 5 there are a series of pockets 14, extended entirely through the carrier and located in a circle. In the platform 1 there is an arcuate outlet opening 15, located in the circle described by the pockets 14, the construction being'such that the material in the pockets 14 may drop through the outlet opening-.15.

' Fixed to and upstanding from the platform 1. is abracket 16supporting a. removable receptacle 17 providedwith a spigot 18 adapted: to discharge .into the pockets 14. Located Within the upper: faceof the metallic covering 3 is a loops-shaped groove 19, positioned adjacent the bracket 16, the groove 19 having a branch 20 in one end, communicating With'an opening 21 extended through the platform 1 and through the covering 3. As shown in Fig. 5 the longer, side portions of the groove 19 are spaced apart sufficiently so that, when the carrier 5 is rotated, the pockets 14 may be passed between the said side portions. The Water dripping from the spigot18 into the pockets 14 will be caught by the drainage groove 19 and be carried into the opening 21 by the branch 20 of the groove.

Fixed to and upstanding from the plat-- form 1, beyond the periphery of the carrier 5 there is a standard 22, provided with a longitudinal slot 23 in which is mounted a shaft 24 carrying a roller 25 beneath which the pockets 5 pass successively, when the carrier is rotated, there being a collar 26 upon the shaft, and a wing nut 26 upon the free end of the shaft to hold the same in adjusted positions along the standard 22. A collar 27 is attached to the opposite end of the shaft 24, the collar being slidable upon the shaft 4 and being held thereon by a binding screw 28. The inner end of the shaft 24 may, therefore, be adjusted synchronously with the outer end of the shaft. A spring arm 30 is provided, the same having depend ing ends 31, slidably mounted in the standard 22 and in the shaft 4. Set,serews132,;- threaded into the standard 22 and into the shaft, {1-, engagethe \ends of the spring arm, 30, to provide for a vertical adjustmentof thespring arm. The spring arm 30 carries a yieldable member, preferably a sponge 33, adapted-to bear uponthe periphery of the roller 25, to moisten the roller. The platform 1 carries astandard '35 from which projects a shaft 36, carryinga star wheel'37, the arms of which engage successively in the pockets 14,

The operation of the device as hereinbe fore described is as follows;'When rotatory-movement-is imparted to the shaft 9, the beveled pinion8, meshing into thegear 7 of the earrier5,will cause a rotation of the carrier. As=the carrier-is rotated, the poekets 14 will pass successively in front of the operator, the operator filling the poekets with the material. The watercontained in the receptacle '17 will flow through the spigot 18 and drop into the poekets'14,thereby lubrieating'the pockets and preventing a sticking of the material therein. The-said water willaenter the groove 19 and'pass by way of the branch 20 through: the drainage opening 21 in the platform 1. A continued rotation of-the carrier 5 will-cause each of the pocketsli to pass beneaththe roller 25, whereuponthe material which is within each pocket will be compacted therein. The roller-25 is prevented from sticking to the material, by 1 reason of the fact that "the sponge 33 is maintained moist,.the sponge 33 engaging with the periphery of the roller 20. As the carrier 5 is rotated, thearms of the star wheel 37 will engage successively in the pockets 14,=thereby rotating the star wheel, and causing the arms of thestar wheel to push the material in the pockets 14:,-

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents 'Havingthus described the-invention, what In a deviceiof the class described, a platform; a mai-n'jshaft upstanding from the platform a maria rotatablysupported by l the shaft above-the platform and provided with a poeketg a standaird fixed to theup'lat' form an auxiliary supported termi- 1 naliy upon the standard and uponthe main shaftfor adjustment toward and away from t 3 the carrier; means for holding the auxiliary shaftin adjustedpositionsl along the main shaft and the standard; a roller carried by the auxiliary shaft and adapted to bear upontheearrier; a spring armterminally mounted on the main shaft and on the standard for adjustments-toward and away i from the =roller; amoistening device supported by the arm and 'yieldablyipressed by gthe arm againstthdroller; and means for holding the spring arm in adjusted positions 1 upon the main shaft and-.the standard;

*In testimony that l claim-ithe foregoing as my ownyIhave hereto affixed my signa- ,ture inithe presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM T. MOSS.

Witnesses Jos, C. :SGHUTTE, ALVIN BUTnnR.

;each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

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